Hot Cars & Porn Stars - Jayden James Featured

As Photo Director of RIDES Magazine, when you're working full time as an Automotive Photographer, every day is a good day. Sometimes, though, you get these special kind of calls... and those calls turn a good day into a GREAT day. This is the perfect example.

In this shoot for RIDES Magazine we set out to feature a few hoodies and jackets for our upcoming spring issue. Sitting around a table we brainstormed various ideas on how to shoot them. Turns out a staff member is friends with the gorgeous... "adult film star" Jayden Jaymes and so, the concept was born. She just so happened to be flying in town for an event, so we set a date and made it happen.

Now I know what you want to hear. Jayden James showed up and the studio broke out into an orgy... but c'mon man, we're better than that. Jayden was an absolute pro and a joy to direct. She knows what works for her and it helped us get our images quickly and easily. She's also super down to earth and was awesome to hang around with in the studio. Check out some of the behind the scenes shots below.

The light setup I chose was something I hadn't tried before, two strip boxes on either side behind her for a rim light, a boomed hair light over her head, a boomed background light with a tight grid facing the background sweep, two 54" umbrellas behind the camera over my head which were touching each other and facing straight at her which sort of combined the two 54" umbrellas into one bigger light source, and finally suspended between them was a ringflash.

Hope you enjoy the images! And pick up this months RIDES Magazine to see them in print!

*The above lighting diagram was created with Kevin Kurtz's Lighting Setup Tool which can be found here

the 2 umbrellas are touching eachother and pointed straight at the background.... not off to the side and angled in like a usual portrait setup. This effectively makes them one huge soft source since theyre the same distance and power. The ring light is then suspended between and in front of them to give me some shadows and a harsher quality of light.